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Beorn is a character created by J. R. R. Tolkien as part of his Middle-earth legendarium. He appears in The Hobbit as a "skin-changer", a man who could assume the form of a great black bear. His desce
Beorn, by J. M. Kilpatrick, 2013
Beorn has been likened to a berserker, a warrior fighting in a trance-like state of fury. Illustrated is a Vendel era helmet plate from Öland, Sweden, depicting the god Odin guiding a berserker.
Beorn has been likened to Bertilak, the Green Knight encountered by Sir Gawain on his journey north. Painting from the manuscript of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Mikael Persbrandt portrayed Beorn in Peter Jackson's Hobbit films with a "primitive energy" and an accent that was "perfect for the role".
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is a 2013 fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro, based on the 1937 novel The Hobb
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…all", which remind Burns of Iceland; and finally "the mountains", evidently Norse. The Swedish actor Mikael Persbrandt portrays Beorn in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and in its sequel The Battle of the Five Armies. In the DVD commentary, the production team explain that they normally ensured that all characters had…
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Benedict Cumberbatch at the Los Angeles premiere of the film.